One of my few pet peeves in life is when I hear someone say “the numbers don’t lie!” While I understand and appreciate the use of fact-based information to support an argument, its application has become overly generalized.
People often use numbers as a crutch to support weak arguments, presuming that any stat is a good one, capable of automatically validating their position. The truth is that numbers can and do lie to us every day. This is especially....